20/09/2015

Hatfield Heath 2015

Hatfield Heath v Hounslow Leisure. 2 innings game of 20 and 30 overs each. HH 110/3 (20ov) and 217/4 (30ov), beat HL 84/7 (20ov) and 78/8 (18.4ov) by 165 runs.

A sorry story of 2 batting collapses in our worse defeat, ever..., only Paul with 30's in each innings showing any resistance as wickets tumbled, losing by a whopping 165 runs with 11.2 overs remaining,

A sunny, cloudless blue Essex sky met the Hounslow Leisure as we arrived for the 11am start. Rick was skip for the day and I don't know if we won the toss or not but we did well to keep HH in check in their first innings, with tight bowling and keen fielding on a sticky and slow wicket, keeping them to just 110. We failed to follow up that performance with the bat, when our turn, falling to 34/5 within 8 overs before Paul, Knobby and Rick dug deep and ground it out to the end of the 20 for a slightly less than half respectable 84.

The wicket by now was drier and HH, in their second innings, went hard from the start, running well, pushing the fielders, and cruised at 7/8 an over throughout the innings, 3 of their chaps retiring on 50. Paul took all 4 wickets. Adding the 26 run deficit, our chase was to be 243 from 30 overs. Not beyond the realms, but it did need Wendel, Swain, Waseem, Steve, Paul, Hardeep, Rick, Ian, Knobby all to fire 2020 mode. Sadly, none really did as HLs season ended on a whimper...all out for 78. It didn't help that due to a communication breakdown our 2 ringers didn't turn up. It would have made a difference. However, poor batting on the day, with 13 scores in single figures, including 5 ducks taking the blame for the defeat. Great hospitality, as always, from HH.


11/09/2015

Sept 2015

Rick has just entered the exclusive HL 1000 runs/ 100 wickets club, joining Paul, Wendel, Don and Chris Bick. Indeed, both Rick and Paul, this season, reached the impressive milestone of 300 wickets each for HL. Looks like Paul is just about to reach the same milestone for Magdalen CC as he currently has 298, with still 3 Sunday games remaining.

HLers Steve, Wendel, Adam and Paul joined up with the Hounslow Navigators (LBH Officers) for the annual Mayors Charity game, v the Mayor of Hounslow XI, on a glorious sunny Sept afternoon in Chiswick today. Mixed batting contributions (2 ducks and 30 runs) in a poor 74 all out (from 17 overs) effort. Somehow we managed to take the Mayors XI to the last over. but ultimately lost by 2 wickets (4 wickets for Wendel, all bowled, and 2 for Paul, and blinding catches from WS and Steve). A few spectators, including Knobby and Hardeep, various Members, the Mayor and even the local MP. 



Been a few years since the Leisure played this venue. It was sort of our home pitch for a while (05 to 08), when it was run/ owned by Fullers. The scene of the infamous punch up v Three Bridges (we won, they didn't like it), where we smelt the Harrow leather, and also where Leisure tied v Magdalen CC (on 120 runs each) in our only completed game ever against each other.